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The Democratic Transition

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Ken

A new empirical paper on the relationship between democracy and economic growth, by Romain Wacziarg and Fabrice Murtin. Abstract Over the last two centuries, many countries experienced regime transitions toward democracy. We document this democratic transition over a long time … Continue reading →

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African poverty: Falling faster than you think

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Ken

A summary of recent work on African poverty rates by Maxim Pinkovskiy and Xavier Sala-i-Martin. African poverty: Falling faster than you think. The critical result to this research is the decline in inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa since the mid-late 1980’s, … Continue reading →

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